Caroline swiftlet

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Caroline swiftlet
File:Island Swiftlet.jpg
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Apodidae
Genus: Aerodramus
Species:
A. inquietus
Binomial name
Aerodramus inquietus
(Kittlitz, 1858)
Synonyms

Collocalia inquietus
Collocalia inquieta
Collocalia vanikorensis inquietus
Aerodramus vanikorensis inquietus

The Caroline swiftlet (Aerodramus inquietus), also known as the island swiftlet, Micronesian swiftlet, or Caroline Islands swiftlet, is a species of swift in the family Apodidae.[2] Some taxonomists consider it to be a subspecies of the uniform swiftlet. It is endemic to the Caroline Islands, and its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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